The Digital Pickpocket Revisted

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Javier Leiva

True Crime, Society & Culture, Technology

4.7 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

While speaking at a hacker conference in Dubai, Javier revisits a conversation with professional pickpocket and entertainer James Freedman. James reveals how a childhood scuffle led to a lifelong obsession with the art of pickpocketing, evolving from swiping coins to mastering social engineering and even digital fraud. 🔗 Listen to Part 2Click here for The Digital Pickpocket, Part 2 → 💬 Connect with Javier on social Instagram/Twitter/TikTok: @pretendpod 🛡 Stay safe: Learn how to defend yourself against modern pickpockets — both analog and digital. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Creative Babble
0:03.0	Sitting quietly once you've made the house all shiny.
0:10.0	Down time can be just fine playing bangers from their 90s.
0:14.0	Tea break.
0:15.0	Lump's break.
0:16.0	Maybe listen to the outbreak.
0:18.0	Sometimes it's not time for some tombola, right?
0:26.6	It's enjoying lasagna time, chilling with a book time, or time to visit your nan time.
0:27.6	Go on.
0:28.8	Play some other time.
0:29.9	Put your phone down.
0:30.8	Tombola.
0:32.6	Open for fun.
0:35.5	Terms apply 18 plus gambleaware.org.
0:37.6	Hey guys, it's me, how here?
0:41.1	I am actually in Dubai right now.
0:47.7	I'm about to speak three days in a row at the GYSEC cybersecurity conference.
0:52.6	GYSEC is basically a conference for hackers, ethical hackers.
0:57.2	Since I'm in Dubai talking about cybersecurity and hacking,
1:04.3	I wanted to talk about some good old fashion hacking, hacking that doesn't require much technology at all. In fact, it's mostly social engineering. And it made me think of this episode that I'm
1:10.8	going to play for you today.
1:12.3	It's part one of my interview with James Friedman, a professional pickpocketer. If you like this
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